New Horizons Part 1: Chasing Stars
“To create is to live twice.”
– Albert Camus
Markus Bowland is a dipshit fail son. Wealthy and talented, he has squandered every opportunity anyone could ever hope for. Emotionally crippled at a young age by a tragic loss, the expectations on him left him unwilling to try, unwilling to put himself in a position to fail in any way. Working a dead end job, keeping his wealth secret from his peers, and mooching off of his sucessful brother when necessary, he is afraid to even have a relationship with a human woman, preferring instead his favourite simulant prostitute.
Largely just to annoy his brother, he enters a lottery to win a spot on the New Horizon generational starship. When he wins the spot and learns more about the mission and the people behind it, he finds himself strangely unwilling to sell the seat. He starts considering going himself without understanding why, and begins to dare seeking out real meaning in his life for the first time, and asking why he's resisted it so hard for so long.
This book is now complete and I am excited to share it with people. Dive in below!